Measuring-funnel.



R. DE LA-ROSA..

MEASURINGFUNNEL.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 19,1914.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

' WITNESSES AflLUM 3. DE LA' ROSA. MEASURING FUNNEL.

APPUCATION FILED OCT. 19, 1914.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

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ATTORNEYS MEASURING-FUNNEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

Application filed October 19, 1914. Serial No. 867,352.

1 '0 all whom it may co'ncbr'n Be it known that I, ROSALES on LA Rosa, a citizen of the Republic of Colombia, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Measuring-Ifunnels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to funnels, and the main object is to provide means whereby the liquids passed therethrough'may be accurately measured.

A further object is to provide a valve whereby said funnel may be closed against the passage of liquids therethrough.

A further object is to provide means for actuating said valve from open to closed position after any desired quantity of liquid has been passed through said funnel; and further objects are to provide such measuring funnels which are simple in construction, positive in. operation, and comparatively inexpensive.

My invention is fully described in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a funnel constructed in accordance with my present invention, partly in section; Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line H of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

In the drawings forming a. part of this application I have illustrated one form of embodiment of my invention, comprising a conical body portion 6 having an open top and a port 7 at the bottom thereof, said body portion having a tubular thereof, adapted to enter the neck of a bottle or other vessel.

Within the casing 8 is a shaft 10 having a turbine 11 secured thereto beneath the port 7 said turbine having. a plurality of pockets in the periphery thereof and being directly over the outlet 9; said shaft 10 also carries a pinion 12 at the end opposite the turbine and which is enmeshed with a gear 13 on a vertical shaft 14 extended through the casing 8 and body portion 6 and to a small casing 15 arranged within said body portion, at the top thereof, and within which being connected with a casing 8- outlet 9 at the bottom'- isa pinion 16 secured to the upper end of said shaft 14.

The pinion 16 is enmeshed with a relatively large gear 17 upon a shaft 18 and which also carries a finger 19 at a point over said gear, and it will be seen that, when liquid passes through the funnel, the turbine is revolved. as is also the finger 19, the relative speeds of such revolutions being determined by the ratio of the gears and pinions, but I prefer to revolve the finger 19 at a much slower speed than that of the turbine. this relationship being calculated and depending upon the amount of liquid carried through the funnel in each revolution of the turbine.

shaft 20. directlv over the shaft 14 in the formshown, and which has a plurality of. radial arms 21 secured thereto in the horizontal plane of the finger 19 and adapted to be successively struck thereby to rotate said shaft 20 through an arc of a circle corresponding to the distance between the arms 21 at their outer ends.- this also being a matter of calculation. Upon the upper surface of the casing 1.5, in the position of the shaft 20. .is a dial. Q'Z'having as many numerically indicated graduations thereon as there are arms 21, in the form illustrated, and I also secure an indicator 23 upon the shaft 20, over the. dial 29-. and a knurled button 2-1 whereby said shaft ma be manually rotated to move the indicator to the position of any one of the graduations on said dial.

Loosely arranged within the 'body portion 6 is a ball valve 25 having an upwardly extending stem 26 secured thereto, which stem passes through the casing 15 and has a washer 27 thereon resting upon the upper surface of said casing, the top of said casing having a curved slot 28 therein of less width than the diameter of said washer to prevent said washer from passing through the top of said casing, and thus maintaining the ball valve 25 in raised and inoperative position, and the slot 28 terminates in an en;

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Arranged in the top of the casing 15 is a I larged opening which readily permits said washer to pass therethrough when the stem 26 is moved along said slot to said opening 29, and the ball valve is thus permitted to drop to its seat to close off the funnel, the

upper end of said stem being arranged in the path of the indicator 23.

In practice, the valve is raised andthe stem thereof moved to the small end of said 7 slot 28 withfthe washer 27 above thecasing,

the indicator 23 having been-previousl set at a desired, numbered, graduation o the dial;" assuming each graduation to represent one gallon, and that one pint of liquid will revolve the turbine once; it will. thus require eight revolutions of the turbine to r v revolve the shaft 18 once, and to have the finger 19 thereon rotate the shaft 20, through the medium of one of the arms 21, through an arc of a circle which carries the indicator ,from one graduation to another, toward the valve stem 26; if the indicator had been set at 10, it would require ten actuatio'ns of the. shaft 20 to have the indicator move the stem 26 to theiopenin .29 to permit the washer 27 to pass theretfirough, this requiring eighty complete revolutions of the turbine, and the funnel thus automatically closes when ten gallons have passed throu h the funnel. It will thus be seen that t e number of gallons-passed through ,the funnel is determined by the dial graduation to which the indicatorjis moved to set the device, but 'these graduations might as well be quarts, pints, half-pints, gills, or any other desired amount, the ratio of the gears being the determining factor with a fixed quantity of liquid to revolve the turbine once.

Myinvention is especially valuable in measuring spirits, gasolene, etc, but it may be employed for any desired purpose or purposes, but, not only is the dial in such osition as to enable'the device to be set fihr a predetermined quantity of liquid, said dial is also so positioned that a purchaser of the liquid funneled may readily see if he is bein given the full amount.

hile I have shown one form of embodiment of the principle of my invention, I do not limit myself thereto, but may make changes thereover, within the scope of the from sa'id plate, a dial on said plate, an

indicator finger movable thereover and ex tended to engage with said stem to release the sa-mefrom said plate, and meansjoiningsaid turbine and indicator finger to move the latter over said dial to disengage said. stem from said plate to permit said valve,

to drop in the revolution of said turbine by the liquid passing through said spout.

'2. A funnel provided with a spout. a turbine in said spout, a plate on said funnel. a

dial thereon, said plate having a slot adjacent .said dial enlarged at one end, a gravjityvalve having a stem projected through said slot and normally suspended from said plate, an indicating finger movable over said dial and extended to pass over said slot in its movement, and means joining said turbine and indicating finger whereby, in the revolutionof said'turbine by the liquid assing through saidspout, said finger wil engage with said stem and release the same from said plate to permit said valve to drop to its seat.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subsoribing'witnesses. I

ROSALES DE LA ROSA.

Witnesses:

J. C. Lassen, 1 PHILIPD. ROLLHAUS. 

